WIP - /wipg/ Painting and Modeling thread

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OP here, just going to drop in one of the first (I know the number is in the single digits) attempts at a face. I want to get better at them, so any tips are greatly appreciated.

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Lord of contagion from the boxed set, filed off the headpiece and threw it on the flying thing instead.
Does the "rock" look god as it is?

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>>54330627
Better picture and im sorry for the tilt, dirt phoneposter here

>>54330484

Looks great to me

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Working on my Uber Schurmfuhrer here. Whats a good suggestion for bigger arms? The normal tyrant boneswords are kinda weeny looking on him

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>>54330727

Also, my Fleet colors. What do you think of the 2nd gaunt from the top, with the black markings? Should I go with that?

>>54330484
What ive learned through face highlights is a simple wash of cadian fleshtone over the more stark contrasts on the cheeks and raised areas can keep the color more consistent.

>>54330727
>>54330745

LONDON
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Also, the fuck's an Uber Schurmfuhrer supposed to be.

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Working on my Willliam Wallace.

>>54330761

Just a normal Swarmlord, just bigger

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Still working on this thing. Debating if I have the patience to try and pick out every fucking rivet with a little earthshade or something.

Canopy needs gluing. How do I do that without fucking up the clear plastic?

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made some progress on a captain, i'm too happy with how thick the swords turned out so that's probably getting stripped and repainted.

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>>54330828
>pick out every fucking rivet

Your boyz probably put the thing together, then painted it, so don't worry bout them rivets! Shit looks rad already.

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Just got my hands on this bad boy. I know nothing about Warmahordes, he just looked fun to paint.

He's missing one part and I've a ticket open for that. Besides that, I am the excite, should be fun to paint.

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I finished up a minor conversion for my gun boops. Here is the beep boop group. I was hoping to evoke a bit of a second edition look but a good one.

>>54330761
Obersturmfuher = senior assault leader

>>54330828
Use a thin Enamel wash rather than acrylic. Much easier and faster for panel lines and rivets.

For the canopy use pva if it doesn't need to be too strong or get some canopy cement if you want it to be properly glued.

>>54330924
He's talking about a dark wash to make the rivets show up more, not painting them silver (I have no idea why people do that, especially when the rest of the vehicle isn't weathered or isn't weathered with silver.)

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a tad grainy but vvery nearly done

>>'54330919

It's a bit of a mash up actually. The exhausts are from a space marine pack, i cut em down and then attached them to the body of one of the packs from the gemini superior that came with celestine.

>>54331060

>>>54330919

>>54330637
Looks optimal. Maybe paint and then see if it works?

>>54331048

>das it mang

>>54330900
Maybe try a very small dot of pure white on all the top corners where you edge-highlighted the grey.

>>54330727
Diramacheon arms, carnifex arms, weapons cut from card and then sculpted?
What do you want him/her to have?

>>54330745
Imo go for that colorscheme. Maybe add more black stuff to other armor pieces.

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>>54327891
>>54327855
>>54323621
>>54323504

>Prep myself for facing the foe after a night of rest.
>Open the cover.
>It's not in there.

>>54331048
Yea looks bit grainy upclose but will most likely look good at tabletop. Good stuff man!

>>54331410
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

>>54331410

It went in your mouth when you were asleep.

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Question, does this look retarded?

>>54331583

maybe it's just the angle, but little bit yeah.

>>54331583
Assuming you mean the Decorative feature on top of the upper engine, yes it does look a bit odd.
Can't tell with this camera angle.

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>>54322476
I doubt you're still around, but for 1500 the plan is

HQ
>inquisitor
>tempestor prime
>deathwatch captain

ELITES
>3 bullgryn
>tempestus command squad
>5 crusaders

TROOPS
>10 scions
>10 scions
>10 scions
>5 deathwatch
>5 deathwatch

TRANSPORTS
>taurox prime

FAST ATTACK
>armored sentinel

HEAVY SUPPORT
>leman russ

for 2k I'll add in another sentinel, another tempestor, a deathwatch terminator for each squad and.. probably some assassins or a dreadnought. No real clue how good it'll actually be on the table, however.

Horrid 6AM shot of my slowly progressing display board just because.

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>>54331410
The saga continues

>>54330900
Looking good.

>>54331381

Swarmlord swords. I need some solid looking arms. Maybe the monstrous scytals with the blades cut off or something.

how would I go about giving my Chaos model a more "drowned" or "underwater" feel? like, how to add things, what should be added, etc.

>>54332268
Put him in a glass of water

>>54332268
seaweed hanging off them, wet shiny skin, pale/cold colours
corrode the shit out of any metals

>>54332268
Tape him to a trout

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>>54332317

>>54332243
Could work, would need to be from a kit that is suitably large/bulky.
Scythed Hierodule, remove blades and replace with custom boneswords? Or use the Dirimacheon if the Hierodule is two large.

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>>54332317
>>54332326

>>54332268
Think bioshock. Use a lot of copper/brass colours and give them a blue and/or green wash to make them look corroded. Make all other parts of the model quite dark.
What kind of Model/s do you have? Pics?

>>54332351
currently I haven't started anything, its more of a thought-in-progress. Mostly, I'm wondering if I should try to make the new Nurgle models into a sort of "water" theme, adding barnacles and the like on the armor, and converting Chaos spawn into crabs/octopi.

Not sure what I'd do to make the Plaguebearers look different

>>54332396

Greenstuff a moray eel through a wound

>>54332396
>Not sure what I'd do to make the Plaguebearers look different
just paint them like waterlogged/drowned corpses

>>54332396

Potc would probably be good inspiration

>>54332396
cut off their feet and have them standing in water

>>54332425

Part of the horde, part of the warp...

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What do you cuntos think of my Venomthropes?

My old hive fleet behemoth scheme is starting to show it's age, but I still think they turned out ok/10.

>>54332552
I think I'd like them more if instead of the green you'd used pinks/reds to make the sacs and tentacle mouths look all fleshy, but they're definitely okay/10

>>54332599
Fuck. I actually meant to add some pinks and reds and it slipped my mind while painting. I went full retard. Might still add a bit.

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>>54332396
Some guy did something like this.
Nurgle/mariner/lovecraftian marines.
His army is called "Mariners Blight"

>>54332632
They are painted by Eye of Error.

>>54332396
Tentacle faces on the plagueboys.

>>54332632
I had the same idea except for chaos warriors a long time ago but only made one foot regiment before I had to quit warham for several years

(also I was just above average on the sculpting front and mediocre on the painting front, though I'm getting good at sculpting)

>>54331048

This guy looks fucking LIT

>>54332821
Ahh, I know the feel.
My Wargaming club shut down, so I'm using the time to practice, improve and expand my model range.
I actually gave my (primary) paint set to a friend, to help bring him into the universe.

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>>54330766
>Willliam Wallace

I strongly suspect that prior to Braveheart, if you walked into any gift shop in Edinburgh, the little William Wallace figures you could buy for a pound or two would have looked like pic related. Post-Braveheart, though? Every one of them looked like Mel Gibson - only taller!

>>54333132
>help bring him back into the universe
fuck the paint set, you need stephen hawking on that shit

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So I bought my first Primarus Marine today and immediately did some converting to see how the bolter compares in size. I'm pretty happy how it looks, so I think I'll have to get a few more of these lads and try my hand at yellow armor & checkers. >:)

>>54333152
Considering that the Infinity william wallace is a "clon" fabricated by ALEPH using cultural material for his personality and looks, we can bet that it actually IS Mel Gibdon in Braveheart

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>>54333216
fix'd

>>54332417
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>>54332425
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>>54332816
thanks fellas

>>54332632
oh, I like this! I'll give it a look-over, thank you kindly anon!

A buddy of mine just gave me his few ork models to paint he doesn't really play. Never painted orks before, any hints or tips you guys can share?

>>54333205
Not that universe, the 40K one!
And no, I'm introducing him to it, he's new so I'm mentoring him on painting his stuff.

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1988 painboy that's getting some gubbins

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>>54333479

>>54333530

What is that metal tubing you guys use called, where can it be found?

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>>54331669
Oh shit, it is you dude
Your ultramarines inspired me to fix up and restart my salamanders from High School
Thanks man

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>>54333552
it's guitar string, I get it from music stores

>>54331669

Where did you get the shields that the marines are carrying in this?

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>>54333602
also some stormboys that are coming along.

Does anyone remember the anon who made a scaled up Bullgryn months ago?

It was the Bullgryn model but something like 50% bigger, what was it for?

>>54330828
Look great, especially the realistic weathering, if i had to critique maybe give the metallic parts like the guns a black wash and highlight.

>>54332552
Looks amazing, you really nailed the organic feel with that use of greens.

>>54331583
Well the whole model's a retarded version of the FW Drone, so there's that. But I'm gonna assume you're asking about the icon on the dorsal propeller- it's kinda dopey looking, but still looks passable.

>>54330828
like the dude said enamel washes are better for shit like that or you can also give it a gloss coat first. Helps flow for recess/pin washing.

>>54333620
Those mostly look like the ones off the Deathwatch kit.

Do you guys have a link for those AK interactive books?

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Would recognise him as an alpha legion chaos general?

>Paint model
>Used Purity seal for the first time ever
>Shake can for 6 minutes
>Spray model
>Purity seal frosts over model
>Model is now ruined

I really fucking hate GW. I took every precaution I could to make sure nothing would happen but now my model is fucked.

Lads I'm looking at selling the Primaris kits from the Dark Imperium box on ebay but I've painted one model and sprayed 3 others. What do you think is a fair price?

I've looked on ebay and everyone is selling fresh kits, no partially used ones.

>>54334949
Kranon the Relentless couldn't survive your relentlessly bad painting it seems. Poor bastard, he deserved better.

>>54333677
That's a lot of stormboyz. Where did you get the rocket from? You use the standard boyz kit for the body, right?

>>54334963

> Not testing the can on a piece of sprue or model you don't care about

Bruh this is literally step #1 on every single aerosolized product you can get your hands on. That way you can just return it (you did keep the receipt, right?) without fucking up something valuable.

>>54334963
GW Sprays are hot garbage. Use vallejo brush-on or airbrush varnish. $3, drys smooth, and you have way more control. It also thins with water so you can layer it accordingly and build it up.

>>54335070
I think those are the old kit

>>54335045
He clearly isn't done with it yet, retard.

>>54334949
I'd try to mix in some more greens into the armor, anon. I know you're treating it like a highlight right now, but I'd use that color as a second layer/wash blended onto the armor, with a lighter color for the actual highlight.

The actual base model doesn't seem very much like Alpha Legion at all, but so long as you nail the AL colors it will still get the point across.

>>54335321
Thx, I will try this.

>>54330766
this
>>54333152
Single colour tunics were worn back then not tartan kilts. Also I believe the infinity guy is based of Highlander

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>>54335070
those are the old kit. the torso and rocket are both metal and the rest is basic boy sprue (well the old boy spue). I finally tracked down 30 of the gitz so I can run a uniform squad

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weeabork update

so I bought a second big shoota for my gang and now I need a model for it. Fortunately the store's bitz box had one last assault cannon.
Though I'm not sure what the rest of the model should look like, the minigun samurai from that one movie I totally didn't watch several times is the obvious first choice, though I want to use one of the ork heads with the bionic eye for it, also don't want to chop the sling like with the Jin Roh boy but I don't think that's possible since all of my ideas involve some shoulder pads


also here's the sakura leaf base and a base that was going to be a sakura leaf base


oh, and I still haven't figured out how to fit a titan on a 25mm base

>>54334999
im the same mate, i was looking at £40 if they are painted TTS? ive got 1 unit and captain n ancient painted

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Anyone know where I should look for bitz to make a WAAAAGH! banner?
I'm thinking the Deff Dread faceplates might be a good place to start.

>>54335682
plasticard is easy

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>>54335682
plasticard my man

Can you strip paint from Citadel Finecast™?

If so, what do you recommend?

I'm unimpressed with the material and I want to make sure it's not going to melt.

I finished painting my scrap build, how did I do?
Any inputs?

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>>54336174

> Obviously fucking forgot to attach pic

>>54336174
>>54336214
Paintjob is pretty damn good! legs are still looking a little ridiculous, but the "bloody" flesh bits elevate it to the realm of disturbing, and I love the faces on the staff.

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So, did some quick work on alpha krani. I touched him up with some incubi darkness, next I'm gonna touch up all of silver parts. Than I will wash the whole modell with Coelia greenshade.

I have no idea how this will turn out. But if you never try it, you will never know it.

BTW, I got this Kranon for about 2€ from ebay, so it's not that big of deal.

>>54336214
That's fucking rad, mate.

>>54336214
nice

>>54336305
looks like youre headed in the right direction! colors look good. keep plugging, the tabard thing still looks messy

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>>54336305
The colours are pretty Alpha but the model itself is a bit too chaosy for my taste.

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first 3 down( except helmet recess wash, and lenses)

I'm going for tabletop+ because I have 30 to paint.

what do you guys think?

>>54336812

Looking pretty good I'd say.
I think the black parts could benefit from an edge highlight, the bolter covers and the shoulder shield are looking flat at the moment.
The bases look really good.

>>54336812
Those look great for Tabletop, could use some highlights but other than that it's fine.

Bought a very cheap second-hand Chimera. Lacking a turret but it has the bulldozer blade on it. Wanting to turn it into an Ork Battlewagon. Any suggestions/inspiration?

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Who is this snek?

I've tried to bend him around a pencil so he fits better on a 25mm base. That wasn't fun.

>>54337200
plasticard and plasticard tube and rivets to make a vehicle like a jagdpanther

>>54337298
kind of looks like a tail from an old GW chaos hound or a pice of a chaos spawn to me.

>>54337200
>inspiration
http://www.the-waaagh.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25118

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I shall name them Tupac and Biggie

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planning new army, thoughts?

>>54338438
colour wise, the first is easily the best

>>54338438
You should be jailed for 2 and 4, but 1 and 3 don't look too bad

>>54337979
that's noice af

>>54338438
I applaud the use of color, but at the same time I', wondering if you may be colorblind.

Seriously though, my thoughts from L-R:
1st one look alright, imo you would benefit from switching the green weapons for something more neutral. Black would be my choice.
I like the red armor. Would look pretty baller on a whole army I think.

2nd one isn't bad per se, I can kind of see where you are coming from with this. Would work better with minis that sport trenchcoats or something like that. Old timey uniform colors on modern fatigues look odd to me. Works if they are in dress uniform, but cadians look too utilitarian for that imo.
If you buy alternate heads with peaked caps or trenchcoat legs it would look nice though.

3rd one looks alright. Red lasguns give them an oldschool vibe and the uniform looks solid. That one you could paint as is and get two thumbs up from me.

4th one kind of looks all over the place. No idea if it's a reference I don't get, but if you switch the legs to orange too and make the armor black/grey they kinda look like a penal guard unit. Victoria has some really nice bits for that, if that is what you were going for. Otherwise I'd say the other three work better as actual uniforms.

>>54331011
Looks good, how did you kit bash the heads?

These robots would look a bit better with some sort of shoulder pads. GW could have done a better job imo.

>>54338528
I agree with this guy

>>54338528
>French uniforms with grey body armour is an illegal look

Well, you seem fun.

>>54331011
>I was hoping to evoke a bit of a second edition look but a good one.
paint yellow danger stripes on their weapons and don't be stingy with unit markings, checks or flame patterns and you are good.
Heads look better than the stock version btw.

>>54338506
>>54338528
>>54338586

thanks guys, I got that cheap simple 5 cadian set and will do some quick test runs

>>54338438
sECOND

>>54332396
http://www.superpunch.net/2011/02/chaos-space-marines-from-davey-joness.html

>>54338730
Just because certain colors were used in a uniform in history doesn't mean that they are visually appealing.

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Any tips on painting black power armor? I keep hearing that drybrushing eshin grey and washing with nuln oil before edge highlighting is the best way to go. Any truth to this? Trying to paint Iron Hands btw.

>>54331048
dont do warpdust, kids

>>54338904
>is the best way to go.
Where did you hear that?
>Any truth to this?
As far as painting is concerned it always depends on what you are going for. Speed or precision, a clean cut look or something gritty.
Also depends on what suits your skillset as a painter.
If somebody tells you 'This is the the best/only way to do something' I'd be wary of their advice tbqh.
>Trying to paint Iron Hands btw.
Tale of Painters has a very nice tutorial for that here
http://taleofpainters.blogspot.de/2013/09/tutorial-how-to-paint-iron-hands-space.html
This uses clean edge highlights and layering instead of drybrushing though.
Looks better with imo than drybrushing on Marine armor; since it's all clean lines and geometric shapes. You have to be a neat painter to pull the clean cut look off though.

If you want to cover them with battledamage, dirt and go as gritty as possible then drybrush. Adding extra texture to the armor with drybrushing may be a sound stylistic choice.

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Anyone know where this model is from? Any help would be much appreciated!

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>>54331669
i like the sigmar dudes kit bash, any chance you could give more details on that? As well as your inquisitor? In-fact, tell me all about your kit bashes, Im extremely interested!

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I was given some good criticism yesterday on my Tyranid headdress that I have been thinking a lot on since then. A big one is that Nids don't have skin and it's all chitin, making the design of this hood like headdress not making all that much sense. I'm considering redoing the head and the greenstuff to try and somehow make it look like Chitin, or perhaps scrap the idea entirely and just give him a normal Death Mask head.

If you guys have advice on what to do and how to do it I would appreciate it immensely.

>>54339122
Reaper maybe?

>>54339122
Reaper Chronoscope.
A time traveller. Forgot the name.

>>54339232
>A big one is that Nids don't have skin and it's all chitin
Nah. How else do all their tentacly appendages work?
Don't overthink this too much. The conversion gets the point across and works well visually.

It's the same thing with Ork blood. In theory it should be green, but nobody ever depicts it that way cause red just looks better and is an established visual shorthand.

In the same way your guy is kind of reminiscent of a roman wearing a wolfspelt or something like that. It works.
It it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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>>54337298

tail of Azazel

>>54339254
>>54339246
https://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Chronoscope/latest/80004
Bingo, thanks a lot!

>>54339301

Cool, thanks. Going to give it a rattlesnake tail and put it in a Lizardmen warband

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>>54339299
Thanks for the advice. After I was advised that I did some research and notice a lot of pictures more or less supporting the "chitin like" appearance. But I am always looking for opinions and techniques to improve so thanks for the input.

>In the same way your guy is kind of reminiscent of a roman wearing a wolfspelt or something like that. It works.

Was going with this thank you for noticing. It's why I painted the cloth bit violet and am planning for the banner to say "Baal Invicta."

>>54337979
that's actually awesome, only the obvious gap on the right leg of the Maggoth Lord (I guess that is his name) ruins the look

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Any airbrush recommendations? Ideally something inexpensive. Also, what paint to use in an airbrush? Is something like a citadel layer paint acceptable or do I need to buy specific paint? Thanks in advance

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Workin on some scatter terrain.

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How well did I do /wip/?

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>>54339208
Inquisitor's just greyfax with a headswap.

The crusaders are blood warriors with headswaps (vanguard), armswaps (liberators) and weapon swaps (scions). Dremeling out the neck area is finnicky, but you wouldn't even have to bother with that if using the multiparts, since their heads are on ball sockets.

>>54335468
No he isnt, theres annother random tartan dude in the faction that looks like christopher lambert, but it isnt a named guy.

>>54339659
If available where you live try harder&steenback. Either the evolution silverline or the CR Plus. They are good quality for the price and replacement parts are comparatively cheap to what for example iwata parts would cost. Also the upgrade to the H&S Infinity series is not that much of a more investment either. Both choices are solid for everything you would do model related. I myself have had their ultra which is the cheapest class they got and it's ok. I would however not recommend it since its a bit limited upgrade wise. Other than that I can recommend iwata eclipse series or the gun I use right now the hpc-p are every nice as well.

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>>54340081
That looks awesome.

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Apart from highlights/fix to the storm bolter and purity seals, is there anything else? This is my third painted model ever (1st was a nid warrior, then DA, then this)

>>54340538
B4 "thin your paints" that shit was thin as fuck, looks less thick irl

>>54340538
Well you're paints look a bit thick there, and I'd use a wash of nuln oil, or a dark, black color before going over with the blue, also you should paint the lenses on the helmet.. Other than that it looks pretty good for a newbie.

>>54340538
Not bad for a 3rd try, not bad at all. Purity seals need some work but I think that will come with practice. Keep it up.

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What factions do you guys have the most fun painting?

>>54340605
Shit meant to say those too lol, i was thinking dark blue, lighter blue then a dot of white?

Also for paint thickness im using water to thin it, is there a better way? I seem to get a really nice consistency followed by pure shit.

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>>54339662
nice work anon

i did some more work on my limo. i fitted the fenders and i found some nice bases to use as hooverpads

>>54340698
You could try using medium, especially if you are using some of the really thin citadel metallics. Although what are describing does sound pretty normal.

>>54331583
yes
you ruined your lord of contagion

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>>54340746
top view

>>54340746
Thanks Anon. It's nice to you're back at it, make sure to keep us posted.

>>54340758
What do you mean by medium?

>>54340859
stuff that thins your paint without changing the way it behaves. The more you thin with water the runnier the paint gets. If you thin with medium (which is a bit like mixing your paint with translucent Paint ) it doesnt change the Paints Properties much

>>54340758
I'll post my first ever model tomorrow for the keks. Nid warriors, purple chitin with raw purple ink, raw red ink over black primer for non chitin parts... shame... shame... shame...

>>54340893
LONDON

>>54340886
Dude idk if im retarded or what, by medium do you mean paint thinners? Or is "medium" something you can just buy in a hobby shop?

>select all images with a bus

>>54340886
>>54340859
It helps alot when I paint Metallics/Marble there is also a big Beginners Issue that after hearing THIN YOUR PAINTS from everyone they overthin their paints making tho much pigment run into the recesses like a wash ruining your Detail and makes the Model look THICKER than before

>>54340914
I dont have a fucking notion what you mean

>streetsigns, vehicles

>>54340673
I have a Great time painting my Dark Eldar and Dark Elves. Much less fun painting space marines/imperium

>>54340933
Medium is basically the Liquid used to make Acrylic paints Liquid, So If you Use that to 'thin' your paints with it (you still use a bit of water) you have more control of how your paint will flow

You can buy it from multiple places but I reccommend using the same Medium used as in your paints. Its Lahmian Medium for Citadel for example

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>>54340933
There are different types of medium, like glaze medium or metallic medium. I did mean thinner medium though. Sorry for not being specific.

>>54341042
>>54340933
You can use it to turn normal Paints into Glazes for Example. IF you would just thin your Red with a lot of Water it likely will ruin some detail. If you Mix it with a Medium tho the Paintmix becomes 'lighter' and if you then thin is down with water it will not fuck up details anymore

>>54339807
Pls respond

>>54339807
I like it, nice and clean looking. The interface of the hilt and blade looks like it might need touching up, but that could be the fact that it isn't in focus.

>>54341152
You are in that weird limbo where there's room for improvement but nothing is glaringly wrong. I guess:
>try painting the joints black to see how it looks
>helmet could use some more highlights
>purity seal needs writing
>drill the barrel.
It does look pretty good.

>>54334949
Looks cool, keep going,

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>>54330469
can anyone tell me, when using new citadel paints (The fang, hoeth blue etc) how to get a decent denim look for jeans

Also whats going on with my brushes?
>GW layer brush
>dip into paint on palette, paint on the tip of bristles
>paint puling the brush towards me not jabbing the mini
>dip tip of brush into cup of warm water
>shake gently then gently pull brush over some tissue paper
>bristles still split into two sections
>tfw no more fine tip ever again

Does anyone have a link to The Gathering Storm Companion 'eavy metal guide?

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>>54340673
Painting? Orks and Space Wolves. Assembling? My inquisitor and her warband.

>>54341372
Sounds like you got paint stuck in the base of it

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Does this look like volcanic ash/rock anons? It's going to have pine trees glued on as a LOS blocker. Also might burnt grass to it.

>>54340945
PLEASE BE IN LONDON

>>54341457
*add
Also have 3 more bases I plan to do.

>>54335494
YESSSSSSS!

>>54341069
>>54341084
Lads thank you so much! I autistically thought Lahmian medium was a wash or some shit. (I'm trying to use gw paints/inks i bought 10 years ago before they defined paints into basecoats/layers/washes/glazes etc.)

I painted my gk with paints and inks that are over 10 years old lol

>>54341196
>>54341256
Good points

Would you call it tabletop standard?

>>54341462
Ireland senpai

I'm trying to figure out a color scheme for my seraphon right now. I'm trying to paint them up like skeletons, and I don't know what I'm going to paint the carnosaur as. Just watched El Dorado and I was thinking about painting him up to be a giant rampaging golden statue, and make the rider look like a shaman. Any feedback or ideas?

>>54341492
Oh hell yeah. Like I said, it looks good.

>>54335682
I made mine from a glyph bit from the stompa kit.

>>54336214
Jesus. 10/10, would ask the emperor to protect me from it.

>>54335494
that warboss better have a fucking pompadour

>>54341457
The texture is exactly what volcanic rock should look like. Those grey stones are a bit out of place though, should be darker. Unless it's critical to have a grey base for your dudes it should be darker overall. Think black over two different greys than the other way around.

Google pics of lanzarote volcanic for a real world ref.

Don't get me wrong btw, that looks fuckin amazing as it is.

>>54341492
Yeah if you fielded an army of those you'd have the best looking army in my FLGS. Like the other guy said, there are things you can improve on, but there are no flaws either.

>>54341509
I just realized they got chased by a giant stone jaguar, question still stands

>>54341694
Thanks, think I should add darker grey spots to those rocks? Or do away with the lighter gray entirely?

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Working on building special characters and nobz out of the few boxes I've bought so far

Left to right Captain Badrukk, Boss Snikrott, Waagh Banner Nob, and Painboy (with killsaw).

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Finished up painting with the leader of my Nob mob, Boss Facesmasha. Just need to base him and drill his gun.
Did I get all the mold lines? I tried my damnedest to get them all off.

>>54341876
Heavy drybrush of abaddon black to the grey rocks and it should be perfect.

So I want to greenstuff better for a conversion I intend on doing that involves cat ears and a tail, which tools would be best for me to invest in? I like the look of colour shapers but I get the feeling since this is for a more realistic scale I should be using something more precise.

>>54341991
Pull the phone farther back, its focusing on the matt behind the boss. Probably can't focus that close.

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>>54341991
I also tried to give him some scratches on his armor. How'd that turn out?

>>54341991
Is that a moldline on his right bicep?

>>54342034
I don't know? I thought it was supposed to be a vein.

>>54339807
Solid work, what is your chapter?

>>54342011
Will do.

>>54338876
>french uniforms aren't visually appealing
here is your (you)

>>54342043
Bruh that is one nicely fucking higlighted vein!

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>>54340762
>>54340746
I'm real excited to see how this comes out

>>54341991
Great job anon. Especially the highlights on the feet.

>>54340538
That's really good work anon. Your fundamentals are excellent, you're doung everything you need to.

As the other anon said maybe use nuln oil before the blue wash, but apart from that, and the issues you pointed out, more practice and you will be pro quality

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This seem like a good enough conversion for a uriah jacobus?

My vraksian renegades decided to defect back to the imperium for 8th edition and i want him to be the HQ for my "ministorum" priests vanguard detachment

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Alright I tried a picture with better focus. How's he looking?

>>54342577
Looking good. Next step might be to drill out the barrel of the gun using a pin vice, or just putting a black dot where the barrel would be.

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Boom boyz

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>>54342845
n some canz

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Working on some tacticool scions as renegade marquees.

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Anyone else kitbashing new Nurgle stuff for Sigmar?

I ordered all the tasty stuff and started by converting the Lord of Contagion into a Lord of Plagues.

He still needs putty work to cover some wires, fill gaps, etc.

Do you anons think his axe needs anything else on it?

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Opinions?

>>54342944
Tiny head
And his axe needs a bit more of a handle moving up

>>54342991

A gap where the orange tac is, you mean?

>>54343020
Yeah, there should be a bit of handle there, make it look like the axehead isn't coming out of his fist

Does anyone have the tutorial for the rainbow plaguebearers? I know it was posted here but I can't find it in the archives.

>>54343030

Good call, I'll add that. Can't really attach the axe head until after I putty him anyways.

Thanks anon. Any other suggestions?

>>54342984
It's just a basecoat
You just painted on a few colors and called it a day
You didn't even bother to wash them

>>54342845
>>54342858
as a fellow deathskull, I approve. your skin is very distinctive

>>54343078
I started using moot green as a skin highlight, its pretty vibrant

>>54343061
Do something about his head
He kinda looks like he has no neck, or he's wearing a big goofy turtleneck

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I hope you guys can give some constructive criticism. I just started painting my doodz and I'm not sure how they look. I haven't painted since I was 12. I used too much wash, I never did it before

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>>54343164
Here's another one. I can't paint eyes I guess.

>>54343164
>>54343192
I will be honest, it kinda looks like shit
WAY too much wash, you want it to pool in the recesses, not splotch up the model.
Also, you need to thin your paints.

>>54343247
Well I was expecting that. I got a book on how to paint but it looks like I gotta read it again. I never used a wash before and I tried the "dip" method. Maybe that's the problem.

>>54342984
They aren't nearly done but you haven't ruined them in any way or painted thick. Apply washes, highlight, and clean up stuff like the gold detail and base everyone.

And don't even think about pussing out on me on those stripes. You're better than that.

>>54342944
Honestly, I think a single headed ax would suit that handle better. The big curve on it makes the back blade feel awkward. Also, you could probably ad a bit more haft to the blade end so the head sits more naturally.

Head could look good once you fill in the gap around it.

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Decided to take a break from greenstuffing Gul'Dan today to paint a little. Super happy with the skin but really unhappy with the orange armor. Everything else is just a base coat.
I wonder on the armor if I have too much of the dark color/shading going on.

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I cant do space marines pls help too many lines

>>54344060

Swastikas are pretty easy to freehand

>>54344118
I'd love to but it's for a small painting compitition and I got jewed into Chad marines instead of submitting an ork

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>>54343957
What color would you guys say the armor is? What colors would you use to obtain that?

>>54344138
I'd call that armor orange, and it looks almost exactly the same color as P3's Bloodstone

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Scion colour scheme wip, need to work out the boots and glove finger colours

>>54343957
the armor and the skin are just way too close in color tone. it looks like mush

>>54344191
I actually used Bloodstone as the skin's base
>>54344278
I agree.

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How does this work for a grenade launcher conversion?

>>54343957
I think the issue is you made the armor too dark
Start at that orange around the edges, and get brighter

>>54344492
Yeah I think you're right. I did too much of the dark and not enough of the brighter color to make it different.

>>54341457
There is a pot of basing material just to do this.
Is good, but the rocks look weird.

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OP here, done with the face/hair. Now I can actually paint the rest of the mini.

>>54344357
Looks good, could be aimed slightly higher up?

>>54344357
Could probably have the butt of the stuck cut down a bit.
Bloopers are more forgiving than direct weapons.

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Very WIP pic of my skullcrusher. I asked here a few days ago about painting etched/engraved armor. I'm doing the small areas first so I can practice before I get to the top and head. I think it looks ok so far, but lots left to do.

>>54344659
Lookin good! I like.

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No special weapons done, but got regular dudes and one of the sarges

Anyone got a clue where to find predator like turrets. Ebay isnt showing that good hits. And preferably from Europe.

>>54344972
Really cool looking! Hiw do you do that? Very thin brush with thinned down gold paint?

>>54336756
>Mariners Blight
wtf is this dudes helmet meant to even be? looks retarded as fuck, which is a shame, cause it's a great model.

>>54344138
>>54343957
problem is WoW art style. It's so dated that trying to replicate that on a model is a bit difficult to begin with. Then take into account the armour/skin is pretty much the same colour, just different reflective properties in-game.

desu, just add more red shading, lighter dull/more greyish highlights to the skin and make the armour highlights near white at the highest point, while keeping most of the armour bright orange and deep brown shades in the recesses etc.

>>54341687
we'z samurai not delinquents!


I'll have some on bikers if I ever get back to regular 40k

>>54343957
Honestly I'd avoid going completely accurate and instead just give him beaten metal/iron armour.

would contrast the skin better

>>54343957
>>54346417
That's a good point
A majority of the armor here
>>54344138
Is metal, with only a little bit being orange.

>>54345466
Oh hey got the same exact scheme, just white face masks.

>>54346592
>just white face masks

Get out of here Psian Jackals

>>54344972
Good job anon, it looks nice.

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>>54346619
>expel eldar

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>>54346592
>>54346770
Ha, that's who I looked at when deciding on the scheme. Using them as marquees, so more tacticool/expendables than regal proper scions. I considered the white masks but just didn't go for it.
Also, with more torsos than legs we have to get tactical.

>>54340538
when painting Grey knights I use drakenhof nightshade to wash the whole model in. gives you steely blue shine and darkens the recesses. after that I apply highlights.

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FW sells GK blue silver in a pot ready to go.

>buying paints from FW
>and then paying for FW shipping

>>54338612
Not that guy, but i believe he's using bits from the dunecrawler

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>>54330469
What am I doing well?
What can I improve on?

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>>54347132
Deathwing Paint Scheme

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>>54347145
Ignore Frank, I did not paint him

>>54347155
Well shit, anon, now i want to ask about frank even more!

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>>54343164
>>54343192
As one guardsmen player to another, practice, practice, practice on your basic infantry men first. They're cheap and replaceable, you don't want to ruin your expensive Officers or Wargame exclusive models experimenting and testing out color schemes.

>>54340538
Grey Knights anon, I'm sure you're probably not around anymore but a super easy way to make GK look good is to base using the citadel leadbelcher spray, paint the black, gold and red details (stay in the lines as much as you can), then give it a good solid wash of nuln oil. It'll look tabletop worthy after that.

You can then go back and clean up all the silver parts and highlight!

>>54330828

>Debating if I have the patience to try and pick out every fucking rivet with a little earthshade or something.

Yes you do. And when you're finished you go and ad a edge highlight and at the same time highlight to each and every bolt. This is what separates a already great model, and a fantastic model. And people who takes a closer look will know that you really put your time and effort in to each and every detail to make it as good as you passably can!

>>54345466
Tell me, did you base these guys off the SAS by any chance?

>>54347145
>>54347155
Somewhat clean basecoats. Now do washes and highlights.

>>54347324
I did washes and highlights though...

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>>54347132
>What can I improve on?
Your photography. https://www.warhammer-community.com/2016/11/13/the-model-photo-how-to-photograph-models-for-display/

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>>54330975

A word of warning. PP´s model quality is not even on the map when comparing with GW. As GW models often goes together like LEGO, PP´s models at times, needs a ton of prep-work to even go together. My colossal has more pinning in it than resin on the miniature, its that bad!

Don't get me wrong, once you have spent the time to get a model ready for painting, its awesome to paint! But the pre-work is enough to make you mad sometimes. Pic related is, while being a cheap starter set, some of the worst models I have ever had the oppirtunity to work with regarding pp. And I had to scrape and file more on these guys than my forge world knight!

>>54343192
The techpriest, is she supposed to be like that? You've developed an interesting texture

>>54347258
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0NLxQJ55Y

>>54347406
You gotta' pay the warp toll, to get in to this boy's soul!

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>>54330469

How to go about getting the blue in pic related on a model? It is extremely light and I don't feel like it could be pulled off with just adding white to blue.

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My Ork Gorkanaught. My opponents say I'm not allowed to use it anymore.

>>54347546
what book is this from?

i still have some thousands sons lying around and like to see some more "official" schemes

also fou your question
>apply light grey, e.g. celestra grey
>mix lahmian medium and guiliman blue 1:1 the more medium the lighter
>use it like a wash
>edge highlights with grey again

>>54347604
Ok, in the event you make/buy and actual Gorkanaut, please kitbash that tentacle mustache on to it.

>>54347604
if you would use this regulary as a proxy i would actually start punching you

>>54347546
Basecoat some light grey, layer ulthuan gray and add fenrisian gray. Ironically these heretics use Space Wolves colours.

>>54347546
Ironically, just doing a modern Space Wolves scheme and stretching it further down the road to white would probably work. Those blue greys GW's been using are probably good for the lower paint levels.

>>54347604
They were right to.

THREE COLOURS MINIMUM.
You only did one, and it was all detail work!

>>54347649
*the more medium the lighter the blue gets

but try some different mixes and see what you like

>>54347649
>what book is this from?

Wrath of Magnus.

>>54347719
anyone has a link for the pdf

feel kinda stupid to buy a book for the old edition just to look at art

>>54341922
Sorry to tell you dis senpai but a Waagh Banner Nob can only have a Kustom Shoota so no Slugga.

>>54344267
Love the pose

>>54347765

There's also fluff. It's a nice book, anon.
I'm sure you could find it by googling though.

>>54347604
Just get a Mr Potato Head.

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How's those Death Guard coming along /wip/

>>54347880
Im fat in real life, I dont need my army in a dice rolling game about spacemen shooting eachother to be fat too.

Migrate whenever

>>54348096
>>54348096
>>54348096
>>54348096
>>54348096
>>54348096

>>54342263
>7mb
Holy fuck why

>>54347897
Go get some chaos gainz faggot

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>>54347880
Pretty good. Poxwalkers have been fun as fuck to paint.

>>54350401
looks crazy.

Crazy good that is

Which is the harder army to paint, Orks or Imperial Guard? Each army has my interest for 8th Edition, but Orks probably have the edge. How long would it take to paint 30 boyz to tabletop standard, because I do want have a fully painted army.

>>54330469
some people use black sticks instead of the giant flying bases gw provides.

what are these black sticks called? what are they?

>>54337979
damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

>>54350889
painting is the reason i havent got a horde army, ofc you can do basics and get away with that on lots of inf, regarding painting they are about the same with Imp guard being harder due to having smaller skin areas and smaller faces! Orks can also get a bit sloppy when you are painting guns and vehicles as it fits them to a tee!

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>>54346814

>>54352310
Love the Ork fluff and models but the model count intimidates me. It seems the core of the army should be at least 60-90 boyz, but that's a lot of models not including your other units. As for IG the eyes and skin sounds hard to get right.

>>54352397
same i started but couldnt keep up

>>54352397
Give the guards gasmasks/ other face covering stuff and you never have to worry about painting faces.

Also you could go for specified ork army, like more vehicle/elite/killa kan oriented. Drops the model count quite abit.

>>54352686
Like the forgeworld gas masks but a little expensive.
I thought about a mechanized Ork list, but Mob Rule seems too important to not have a lot of boyz.
I would do Deathskulls if I got Orks, what's the right blues from GW?

>>54352519
How many Orks done, and how many to go?

>>54352942
i got to 50 painted with another 40 to paint and gave up! Much more enjoying Dark Eldar

>>54352935
If you can sculpt even a little bit gasmasks arent that hard to do. Theres a pretty good tutorial for it but cant seem to find it now. There's also some gasmasks in command squad kit, but they only cover lower half of the face.

Good luck with either army you go with!

>>54340673
I started marines and while I love them the marines themselves are not very fun to paint. No large surfaces, lots of repetitive detail, you have to be careful and fussy all the time. I really enjoyed painting the dreadnought though. I assume other larger models will be just as fine.

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I'm still taking baby steps. I tried thinning my paints and things like that but I guess the balance was wrong because it came out weird.
Even so, I'm pleased.

>>54354989
Did you spray prime these? The chalkiness looks like it might be the primer. If you got any agrax earthshade give some of the crevices, metal bits, eyes, and purity seals some of that.

Overall, not bad at all. Keep practicing and experimenting, my dude.

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Working on some black knights for my dangles. Ended up with a "dark blueberry" color instead of just black highlighted with grey. Sorry for the potatocam pic.